Red Dead Redemption 2 How to Unlock Guns

Keep an eye out for all of these weapons throughout the course of the game.

Updated March 31st, 2023, by AOTF Staff
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In Red Dead Redemption 2 guns are going to be your primary weapon in the game.  Your character will get some weapons to start out, but other than that you’re going to have  to either complete certain missions in the game, purchase them from vendors, or find them.

Your standard weapons are going to be given to you throughout the course of the game. As you can see in the list below, you’ll get an assortment of revolvers, rifles, shotguns and others that unlock just by simply progressing in the story.  However, there are some special weapons that you can unlock by killing certain characters in specific missions.

If you want to unlock and own all of the guns in Red Dead Redemption 2 just use the guide below to track down all of them.

Related: Read the best pistols in Red Dead Redemption 2 on Gamepur.

Revolvers

  • Cattleman Revolver – Available at all gunsmiths, starts in your inventory at beginning
  • Flaco’s Revolver – Kill Flaco Hernandez next to body after duel in Gunslinger Mission
  • Granger’s Revolver – Kill Emmet Granger next to body after duel in Gunslinger Mission
  • Double Action Revolver – Available at all gunsmiths after A Strange Kindness Mission Chp. 2
  • Algernon’s Revolver – Final Reward for completing Duchesses and Other Animals
  • Schofield Revolver – Available at all gunsmiths after Blesses are the Meek Chp. 2
  • Calloway’s Revolver – Complete final step of The Noblest of Men, and a Woman next to body after duel.
  • Otis Miller’s Revolver – Hidden in a hard-to-find chest in the north part of Cholla Springs.
  • Volcanic Pistol – Available at all gunsmiths after Eastward Bound Mission Chapter 1
  • Semi-Automatic Pistol – Available at Valentine and Saint Denis Gunsmith after The Joys of Civilization Mission Chp. 4
  • Mauser Pistol – Available at Valentine and Saint Denis Gunsmith after That’s Murfree Country Chp 5
  • Midnight’s Pistol – Kill Billy Midnight next to body after duel

Rifles

  • Varmint Rifle  – Available at all gunsmiths after Eastward Bound Misssion Chp 1
  • Springfield Rifle – Available at all gunsmiths after Eastward Bound Chp. 1
  • Bolt Action Rifle – Given during Preaching Forgiveness as He Went Chp. 3

Repeaters

  • Carbine Repeater – Available at all gunsmiths and give during Old Friends Chp. 1
  • Lancaster Repeater – Available at all gunsmiths and supplied during An American Pastoral Scene Chp. 2
  • Litchfield Repeater – Available at all gunsmiths after Goodbye Dear Friend Mission Chp. 6

Shotguns

  • Double Barrel Shotgun – Available at all gunsmiths, picked up after Paying a Social Call Chp. 2
  • Rare Shotgun – Dropped by The Hermit when you kill him
  • Sawed Off Shotgun – Available at all gunsmiths give in Enter Pursued by a Memory Chp 1.
  • Pump-Action Shotgun – Available at all gunsmiths after Pouring Forth Oil Chp. 2
  • Semi-Auto Shotgun – All gunsmiths after A Fine Night of Debauchery Chp. 4, Can also be found at Watson Cabin
  • Repeating Shotgun – Available at all gunsmiths after Visiting Hours Mission Chp 6.

Sniper Rifles

  • Rolling Block Rifle – Available at all gunsmiths after Pouring Forth Oil Chp 2.
  • Rare Rolling Block Rifle – Dropped by sniper firing from barn in Magicians for Sport Mission.  If you don’t pick it up you cannot get it later
  • Carcano Rifle – Available at all gunsmiths after Goodbye, Dear Friend Mission Chp 6.
  • Bow – Given at the beginning of The Aftermath of Genesis Chp 1.

Rare Guns

Earning some of the rare guns in Red Dead Redemption 2 will require that you track them down as they are hidden items in the game.  Use this RDR2 rare guns guide to find them all.

- This article was updated on March 31st, 2023

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